totting

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noun

The act of adding up; an addition.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

totting1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tot
nountotting (plural tottings)

plural tottings

  1. The act of adding up; an addition.

    This remarkable "paying off" did not pass off without a record for, strangely enough, the sheet of paper on which Hullock did his tottings was the only thing found in the mate's cabin — as reported from Gibraltar.

    1929, Laurence J. Keating, The Great Mary Celeste Hoax: A Famous Sea Mystery Exposed

totting2

verb
  1. slangCollecting rags, bones, or other junk to sell on.

    […] junk collectors who go 'totting' for old clothes and broken furniture around Shepherd's Bush […]

    2011, Christopher Stevens, The Masters of Sitcom: From Hancock to Steptoe
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Chicago

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